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Jam 233 J. SCHINDLER. CONTAINER FILED OCT.

INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Jan. 23, 1923.

ANTHONY J. SCI-IINDLER, or BLOOMFIELD, NEW JERSEY.

CONTAINER.

iApplication filed t0bC1'l9, 1920. Serial No. 417,954.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, ANTHONY J. SomNn- L'ER, citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Bloomfield, in the county of Essex and State of NewJ ersey, have invented new and use- :l'ul Improvements in Containers, ofwhich the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in spouts for pasteboard and likeboxes and cartons, and one of the principal objects is to provide adevice of this nature which may be stamped at the same time and. fromthe same sheet thatt-hebox blank is stamped From;

iinother object is to provide a device of this nature which shall besimple in struc-, ture, cheap oi? manufacture, and etticient tor thepurposeior which it isdesigned.

With these and incidental objects in view, the invention consists incertain novel construction which is hereinafter i'ully described andclaimed and which is shown in the accompanying drawing comprising onesheet, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of? the end. ota carton blankembodying my invention.

Figure 2 is a similar view illustrating another embodiment ottmyinvention.

Figure 3 is a perspectiveview of the form shown in Figure 1 with thespout open.

Figure 4. is a similar View oi. the embodiment shownin Figure 2.

This invention contemplates providing a paste board or like carton foruse as a container for cereals and like material with perforated andcreased portions which normally form shutters and which may be foldedoutwardly to form a spout for directing the discharge of the materialandmay then be folded back to their normal position to seal the packageagainst dust and dirt.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 1 represents the end portionof a carton which is cut down on lines 2, 3 and 4 so as to form troutand rear flaps 5 and (i, and

{right and left side flaps 7 and S.

In the .iorm shown in F igures 1 and 3, the rear flap 6 is provided withan aperture 9, and the trout flap 5 is peritorated on lines '10, 1'1 and12 and creased on lines 13 and 14:

so as to form two shutters and 16. The right-hand side flap T is leftintact. and the left-hand side flap 8 is cut on lines 1? and 1S andcreased on lines 19 and to form shutters 21 and 22.

When the carton is sealed, theside flaps '7 and 8 are first folded over,then the back flap 6 is folded over and glued to flaps 7 and 8 withaperture 9 registering withshutters 21 and 22, and finally the frontflap. 5 is folded over and glued to flap 6 withthe shutters 15 and 16 inregisterwith aperture 9. This aperture 9 is somewhat larger than thespace defined by the shutters so as to prevent the gluing down of theshutters. To,

open the'carton, a pen knife is run along lines 10, 11 and 12 andshutters 15 and 16.

are folded back on hinge lines 13 and 14. Shutters 21 and 22 are thenfolded out on hinge lines 19-and 20 so that a spout is formed byshutters 15, 16, 21 and 22 as shown in Figure 3, members 15 and16pressmg against 21 and 22 to hold the spout tight 111 formation.

In the modified form shown'in Figures 2 and 4t, an, aperture 23 isformed in the free edge of the bac; flap 6, and the front flap 5 isperforated on lines 24, 25 and.26 and creased on lines 27 and 28 toformshutters 29 and 30, the crease 28 being co-incident with the hingecrease of flap 5. Side flap 7 is cut on line 31. and creased on line 32to form a shutter 33; and flap 8 is cut on line PA- and. creased on line55 to form a shutter 36.

Tn sealing this form of package, flaps are folded over and glued as inthe form first described, and in opening, the lines 2 1, 25 and 26 arecut with a knife and the flaps 29, 30, 33 and 36 are folded out to formthe spout as shown in Figure 4.

It is obviousthat the shutters may be located in various portions of theflaps as desired, and that otherparts may be varied without in any waydeparting from the spirit of my invention. 1, therefore, do not limitmyself to the exact details of construction set "forth herein, nor toanything less 1 than the whole of my invention limited only by theappended claims.

lVhat I elann as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is the 'vided with a plurality of shutters disposed to open in respectivedirections for forming a tubular spout to direct the dispensing of thecontentsfof said carton.

'5. A carton comprising flaps each provided with a plurality of shuttersdisposed to open in respective directions for forming a spout to directthe dispensing of the contents of said carton, and also comprising aflap adapted to be interposed between the 'first said flaps and formedwith an aperture to register with said shutters.

6. A carton having one of its walls formed with intersecting lines ofperforations and creased so as to define a shutter movable to a positionto form'part of a tubular spout for aiding in the dispensing of thecontents of said carton.

7. A carton having one of its walls provided with a plurality of linesof perforations and creases so as to define a plurality of shutterswhich may be moved to positions to aid in the dispensing of the contentsof said carton and operable to hold one another in such position whenmoved thereto.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

ANTHONY J. SCI-IINDLER.

